SAPPHIRE AMERICAS

Sapphire Americas accepts a variety of waste products for pre-processing and co-processing.

Non-hazardous Waste: Sapphire uses the environmentally friendly method of pre-processing and co-processing to transform a customer’s non-hazardous waste. We manage a wide variety of non-hazardous wastes including, but not limited to, biomass, packaging waste, tires, carpet and textiles, non-recyclable plastic, used oil and non-hazardous liquids, construction and demolition materials, out-of-spec and recalled consumer goods, roofing shingles, etc.

Hazardous Waste: Sapphire also offers sustainable solutions for managing hazardous waste. We work closely with our customers to understand their specific waste challenges and priorities and develop solutions that best address their needs and add value to their business. The hazardous wastes we manage include inks, mineral spirits, petroleum distillates and hydrocarbons, paints, solvents and chemical by-products, pharmaceutical by-products, refinery and petrochemical by-products, tank bottoms sludge and many others.

At our Foreman, Chanute, and Mississauga sites, we operate a fully capable waste fuel laboratory, offering on-site analytical services to meet facility processing and regulatory analytical requirements. Most of our processing facilities operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Deliveries are typically accepted Monday through Saturday and delivery times are established in accordance with a pre-arranged scheduling, including the flexibility of “drop and swap.”

Other waste: Many waste streams contain resource value in the form of materials such as silica, alumina, iron and calcium. Sapphire recaptures and repurposes the resource value of many wastes through co-processing in cement kilns, including abrasives, baghouse dust, bauxite, bottom ash and fly ash, catalysts, ceramics, clay filters and sludges, FCC/spent catalyst, filter cakes, foundry sand and blast grit.

Our range of services includes:

  • On-site management

  • Logistics coordination

  • Waste management from pre-processing through final co-processing

  • Additional services, such as truck agitation and cleaning, rail agitation and cleaning and heel reduction/removal

  • Regulatory compliance expertise

  • Certification and documentation


EXAMPLES OF MATERIALS HANDLED




SURVEY | BLANK LDR | LIQUID SPECIFICATION | HWDF CERTIFICATION | BULK SOLIDS MATERIAL SPECIFICATION

LABORATORY SERVICES

At Sapphire, we are specialists in fast turnaround hazardous waste analytics.

Sapphire operates three state-of-the art analytical laboratories - in Foreman, Arkansas; Chanute, Kansas and Mississauga, Ontario. All labs are equipped with the latest technology and staffed with fully trained professional chemists.

Our labs can quickly and accurately analyze waste to ensure they meet the standards and safety guideline for pre-processing into alternative fuel.

Our lab facilities feature the very latest in analytical technology and services, including:

  • Inductively Coupled Plasma Metal Analysis

  • Atomic Absorption Mercury Analysis

  • Gas Chromatograph PCB Analysis

  • Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometry

  • Volatile and Semivolatile Organic Analysis

  • Chloride Titration

Foreman Laboratory

Services Laboratory
4454 Highway 108 W.
Foreman, AR 71836

Emily Jones
Phone: 870.542.3093

  • Karl Fischer Moisture Titration

  • Parr Bomb Calorimeter for BTU content

  • pH level via dual channel pH meter

  • H2S and HCN content

  • Radioactivity via Geiger Counter

Cadence Technical

Services Laboratory
1801 North Santa Fe St.
Chanute, KS 66720

Jessica Gray
Phone: 620.431.1750